MARRIAGE IS PERMANENT

Posted by Rev. Mikie Roberts on

He goes down on his knees, takes a small box from his pocket, and with the gaze that betrays his heat that is nervously excited, he looks her direct into the eyes, and asks the question she’s always dreamt of hearing coming from her beloved knight: ‘will you marry me?’ These words having not quite fully left his lips, the tears were already rushing to her eyes. She covers her mouth to muffle the excited scream she knows is rising from deep down inside her and through the sobs of joy and out of this world excitement she exclaims ‘yes!’ not just once or twice but what seems like eternity.

Now that’s the Hollywood version of what a marriage proposal is supposed to be like. Some of us may have can relate to the Hollywood version while for others the ‘proposal’ for marriage might have been very matter of fact. However, it happened is not so much important as it happened and now you’re married. For the next few weeks on FF I invite us to reflect on MARRIAGE. I’m mindful that not everyone who reads the FF is married but even for those who are not, the desire to be married was (at some point in time) is (dealing with it right now) or will be (imagining what it will be like down the road) engaged at some point in one’s life. I’m also mindful that there are those who have been married and want nothing more to do with ‘that’. Wherever we fall, the FF for today calls us to consider that in the eyes of God MARRIAGE IS PERMANENT. That’s our FF for today.

The very first MARRIAGE ceremony was performed by God. It was God’s idea. God ‘arranged’ this MARRIAGE. God was the witness, the ‘best man’ and the ‘Father Giver’. God was the one officiating. And so because it was God’s doing then it points to its permanence. When we say MARRIAGE IS PERMANENT, we are saying that it’s lasting; it’s enduring. So one ought not to rush into MARRIAGE. I’m mindful of other cultures in the world where MARRIAGE is guided by cultural norms which are in no way related to the Bible. However, I want us to consider Christian MARRIAGE as our focus.

It seems these days that any and everybody wants to get married and in many parts of the USA, Europe and elsewhere, laws are being changed to redefine what is MARRIAGE and who can get married. The traditional (and Biblical) understanding of MARRIAGE as being between one man and one woman is for sure under attack. But the debate has failed to consider not just who can get married but more importantly that MARRIAGE IS PERMANENT and not ‘temporary’. But then too many Christian marriages don’t portray this truth and so even in the Church we need to again affirm that MARRIAGE IS PERMANENT.

If you are married, remember you made a covenant, not a contract and it’s PERMANENT. If you’re not yet married consider the permanence of MARRIAGE before you say ‘I do’. Then by God’s grace, you do all you can to keep your MARRIAGE growing and glowing for you now know MARRIAGE IS PERMANENT.

Mikie Roberts (Rev)
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